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6 months later, a report card on Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070714/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070712/capt.4b01d4b520a34e4db66b1298b2be43a7.microsoft_vista_waap101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=YU27ayU_5eVcqfKeQbH..A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chris Pirillo poses for a portrait Tuesday, July, 10, 2007, at his home office in Issaquah, Wash. Pirillo posted a 52-minute video rant on YouTube in March, complaining about Window Vista. He runs a network of blogs about technology called Lockergnome, and was one of several 'Windows enthusiasts' Microsoft asked for Vista feedback early on. (AP Photo/Andrei Pungovschi) (AP Photo/Andrei Pungovschi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Chris Pirillo leaned away from his webcam and pointed to his printer/scanner/fax machine, which stopped scanning and faxing after he installed Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Vista operating system.</p><br clear="all"/>
Partners praise Microsoft software-plus-services plan
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft partners introduced to the company's software-plus-services strategy this week at its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) applauded the plan, though they noted a few challenges as the company makes the transition from selling business software to offering more hosted and Web-based services.
Microsoft, Sony to play Nintendo's game
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070713/ap_on_hi_te/video_game_expo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070711/capt.06b48656c49545eab16478891f7034b4.video_game_expo_casp106.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=nj7aD8eguwV1vvFfeUTYNg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto introduces the new pressure sensitive Wii Balance Board for the active-play video game Wii Fit during the E3 media briefing held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, Calif., Wed, July 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)" border="0" /></a>AP - Legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto knows when his grand vision of video games for the masses has arrived.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 still set to ship in 2007
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Although Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008 software development platform is part of a February 2008 multiproduct launch, the company intends to ship it by the end of 2007, said S. "Soma" Somasegar, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Developer Division, in his blog.
Windows Vista Interface Causes Problems For Consumers, Support Firm Says
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Support.com said the top three reasons people called for Vista help were to solve navigation problems, device incompatibility, and home networking issues.
Microsoft Creates BizTalk Server Bundle For SOA
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The package of applications is designed to bring service architecting and business process building capabilities to small and medium-sized businesses.
Yahoo closes Right Media deal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070713/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_right_media"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070712/capt.8d184ee9283e4d89931eaaeb338f1b9d.media_conference_snv102.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=aZ9kixmnpR0j9w_ZoDC4Xw--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Yahoo Inc. chairman Terry Semel, left, and Nike chairman Phil Knight arrive at the annual Allen and Co.'s media conference Thursday, July 12, 2007, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yahoo Inc. took control of online advertising exchange Right Media Inc. on Thursday, giving the slumping Internet portal a head start on rivals Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in a heated race to build more powerful marketing vehicles.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mounting scrutiny for Google security
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Much as the ubiquity of Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office productivity tools has made the software giant a focal point of security research, search giant Google is facing new scrutiny as it diversifies its products and moves further into the business environment.
Microsoft puts partner muscle behind Office Live
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft this week unveiled a partner program for its Office Live hosted service for small businesses, a product Microsoft chief operating officer Kevin Turner predicted will one day be nearly as important to the company as its Windows client OS.
CIOs Speak Out On Google Apps Vs. Microsoft Office
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - CIOs are testing Google Apps, but don't think the Postini acquisition will give Google leverage in many Microsoft Office accounts
6 months later, a report card on Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070714/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070712/capt.4b01d4b520a34e4db66b1298b2be43a7.microsoft_vista_waap101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=YU27ayU_5eVcqfKeQbH..A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chris Pirillo poses for a portrait Tuesday, July, 10, 2007, at his home office in Issaquah, Wash. Pirillo posted a 52-minute video rant on YouTube in March, complaining about Window Vista. He runs a network of blogs about technology called Lockergnome, and was one of several 'Windows enthusiasts' Microsoft asked for Vista feedback early on. (AP Photo/Andrei Pungovschi) (AP Photo/Andrei Pungovschi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Chris Pirillo leaned away from his webcam and pointed to his printer/scanner/fax machine, which stopped scanning and faxing after he installed Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Vista operating system.</p><br clear="all"/>
Robot visits patients when doctor can't
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070713/ap_on_hi_te/robodoc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070713/capt.9cea36cd7af2412391ccc67d8eb97153.robodoc_ny112.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Suq4T5xA_4pQRvwZPZht5A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This photo taken in Dec. 2006 and released by the Sinai Hospital of Baltimore on Friday, July 13, 2007, shows Cindy Parslow RN, BSN, left, and Vera Taylor, RN, right, as they talk to Dr. Alex Gandsas, MD, on the screen, using a videoconferencing robot at the Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. Outfitted with cameras, a screen and microphone, the joystick-controlled robot is guided into the rooms of Dr. Gandsas' patients at Sinai Hospital, where he speaks to them as if he were right there. (AP Photo/Sinai Hospital of Baltimore)" border="0" /></a>AP - Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patients' bedside?</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft, Sony to play Nintendo's game
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070713/ap_on_hi_te/video_game_expo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070711/capt.06b48656c49545eab16478891f7034b4.video_game_expo_casp106.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=nj7aD8eguwV1vvFfeUTYNg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto introduces the new pressure sensitive Wii Balance Board for the active-play video game Wii Fit during the E3 media briefing held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, Calif., Wed, July 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)" border="0" /></a>AP - Legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto knows when his grand vision of video games for the masses has arrived.</p><br clear="all"/>
Games take center stage at expo
(AP)
AP - The focus of this year's E3 Media and Business Summit was the hundreds of video games that will be debuting in the coming months and years.
Intel, `$100 laptop' project make peace
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070713/ap_on_hi_te/hundred_dollar_laptop_intel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070713/2007_07_13t114356_450x320_us_intel_laptops.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=TPJVgTYOKeWy7okyQa5TlQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Nigerian pupils work on computers at the LEA primary school in Abuja in this May 30, 2007 file photo. Intel Corp. said on Friday it will support the Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher's project to put computers in the hands of poor children around the world, reversing its long-standing opposition to the proposal. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - As Nicholas Negroponte stormed the developing world trying to drum up buyers for the innovative $175 computers designed by his One Laptop Per Child education nonprofit, he encountered a persistent obstacle: competition from Intel Corp.</p><br clear="all"/>
Blogger Perez Hilton mingling with VH1
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070714/wr_nm/vh1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070714/2007_07_13t222326_278x450_us_vh1.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=CaskoOm4UUQ4sDCZH9CcIA--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Internet personality Perez Hilton reacts to photographers as he arrives to attend a party celebrating the U.S. release of Mika's album 'Life in Cartoon Motion' in New York in this file photo dated March 29, 2007. VH1 is believed to be ordering six hourlong episodes of a series tentatively titled 'What Perez Says,' but it's understood that the show's details are still being worked out. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - It looks like VH1 is
getting into business with celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.</p><br clear="all"/>
Teens waiting 11 days for Potter book
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070714/ap_on_en_ot/harry_potter_fans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070714/capt.fff7558d7ba243608b288c2971c9f7e6.harry_potter_fans_akjr102.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=xpnFBfafYVxYMWKACsqjsg--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Chloe Bostian, 18, left, Sydney Bostian, 11, middle, and Graham Toroff, 18, wait in line at Gulliver's Books on Thursday, July 12, 2007, in Fairbanks, Alaska, for the seventh and final Harry Potter book. The Bostian sisters have been waiting outside the bookstore since July 10 and say they will stay there until the book's release on July 21. (AP Photo/Jillian Rogers)" border="0" /></a>AP - Forget piddling around a mere few days for an iPhone. Two sisters are in the midst of an 11-day vigil for this summer's hottest, "must have" low-tech phenomenon — the latest Harry Potter novel.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fashionably great
(FT.com)
FT.com - I was quite surprised when I brought my Apple Wi-Fi-enabled iPhone smartphone home last week. I had expected my fashion-conscious children to be most excited about the latest addition to our gadget portfolio. Instead it was my usually technophobic wife who became most animated. "My friend's husband just bought her one and she says it is the easiest phone she has ever used," she explained.
Web services-based app server upgraded by WSO2
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - WSO2 is upgrading its open source application server, which has been centered on Web services rather than being of the usual Java variety most common in this product space.
WSO2 Upgrading Application Server
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The software offers enhanced database integration, security, and standards compliance.
Blogger Perez Hilton mingling with VH1
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070714/wr_nm/vh1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070714/2007_07_13t222326_278x450_us_vh1.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=CaskoOm4UUQ4sDCZH9CcIA--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Internet personality Perez Hilton reacts to photographers as he arrives to attend a party celebrating the U.S. release of Mika's album 'Life in Cartoon Motion' in New York in this file photo dated March 29, 2007. VH1 is believed to be ordering six hourlong episodes of a series tentatively titled 'What Perez Says,' but it's understood that the show's details are still being worked out. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - It looks like VH1 is
getting into business with celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Wants Testers for Mobile AdSense
(PC World)
PC World - Google Inc. has begun inviting mobile Web site developers to display Google ads on their sites as part of a limited beta test.
Nick packs for Web "Camp"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Nickelodeon is testing
the waters of original online content with the July 22 launch
of its first broadband series.
Google invites testers for AdSense for mobile
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google has begun inviting mobile Web site developers to display Google ads on their sites as part of a limited beta test.
SEC probing Whole Foods CEO's Web postings: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission has launched an informal probe into the online
postings of Whole Foods Market Inc Chief Executive John Mackey,
the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on
Friday.
VeriSign CFO resigns, company restates earnings
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - VeriSign chief financial officer (CFO) Dana Evan resigned Tuesday, and the company has restated earnings from 2002 to 2005, declaring an additional $160.3 million in stock-option compensation, it said Thursday.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 still set to ship in 2007
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Although Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008 software development platform is part of a February 2008 multiproduct launch, the company intends to ship it by the end of 2007, said S. "Soma" Somasegar, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Developer Division, in his blog.
'Free The iPhone' Campaign Calls For Open Internet
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - An organization called Free Press launched a campaign asking Americans to sign a petition to the FCC and Congress to open up the mobile Internet.
Number Of Online Chinese Poised To Surpass U.S. Internet Users
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The number of Chinese Internet users grew by 18% in 2004 and 2005, and 23% in 2006, the Pew Internet & American Life Project said in a recent report.
Lawmaker questions SEC "terrorist" investor list
(Reuters)
Reuters - A senior Democratic lawmaker urged
the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday to either
create a more accurate Web site identifying corporations with
investments in "terrorist-financing states" or pull the plug on
it.
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